Acts 17:7

Contemporary English Version 1995

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. All of them break the laws of the Roman Emperor by claiming that someone named Jesus is king.”

Cross References

Luke 23:2

They started accusing him and said, “We caught this man trying to get our people to riot and to stop paying taxes to the Emperor. He also claims that he is the Messiah, our king.”

Acts 16:21

They are telling us to do things we Romans are not allowed to do.”

John 19:12

Then Pilate wanted to set Jesus free. But the crowd again yelled, “If you set this man free, you are no friend of the Emperor! Anyone who claims to be a king is an enemy of the Emperor.”

1 Peter 2:15

God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right.

Daniel 6:13

The men then told the king, “That Jew named Daniel, who was brought here as a captive, refuses to obey you or the law that you ordered to be written. And he still prays to his god three times a day.”

Daniel 3:12

Sir, you appointed three men to high positions in Babylon Province, but they have disobeyed you. Those Jews, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, refuse to worship your gods and the statue you have set up.”

Luke 10:38

The Lord and his disciples were traveling along and came to a village. When they got there, a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

Acts 17:5

The Jewish leaders were jealous and got some troublemakers who hung around the marketplace to start a riot in the city. They wanted to drag Paul and Silas out to the mob, and so they went straight to Jason's home.

Acts 17:8

The officials and the people were upset when they heard this.

James 2:25

For example, Rahab had been a prostitute. But she pleased God when she welcomed the spies and sent them home by another way.